(Source: drowninginperfectgrace, via spiritualinspiration)
God wants to empower and strengthen you to overcome every obstacle in this life. He wants to give you confidence, wisdom and boldness to pursue the dreams and desires in your heart. He wants to give you supernatural insight so that you can be a witness of His goodness. In scripture, Peter and John were supernaturally equipped. Everyone around them marveled at their boldness, at their ability. They knew Peter and John didn’t have any formal training. They knew there wasn’t anything special about them. This power and wisdom could have only come from one place—the presence of Jesus.
Friend, when you spend time with Jesus, people will see it. You’ll be energized by His anointing and equipped by His grace. That’s why it’s so important to take time every day to be in His presence. No matter where you are on this earth, His presence is only a prayer away. Scripture says He is near to all who call upon His name. It says that He inhabits the praises of His people. Make your relationship with Him your number one priority and be empowered by His presence each and every day!
Late Friday night/early Saturday morning my dad was on the road with his friend, Damon and our 7 year old jack russell, Lucy. They were out in the rural areas, where every so often you need to open a farm gate to continue on the road.
My dad got out to open one of these gates, and Damon didn’t realise Lucy also jumped out, and drove straight on through the gate when my dad had opened it. Lucy got caught under one of the wheels.
They took her to the local vet (which was an hour away) and his Xray machine was broken, so he just felt her and claimed it was nothing more than severe bruising and gave her pain medication.
That night (Saturday), my dad felt that there had to be something more wrong with her so Damon brought her home yesterday (Sunday) morning. We took her to the local 24 hour animal hospital and found out her kidneys are badly damaged. If they fail, we have to make the hard decision.
She had a comfy night last night, mainly due to pain killers. The bad news is she isn’t passing urine, which is a bad sign for the kidneys. They should be doing a scan shortly to determine if she operable, if they can do anything to repair the kidneys.
Please prayer for her, that a miracle can happen. Also please pray for my family. Especially my father and my brother. I love Lucy, as does my mom, but if we loose Lucy, it’ll kill them. Lucy is their little princess, and I don’t want to see them break their hearts. Please?
Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us
Saint Michael
Pray for us
Holy Angels of God
Pray for us
Saint John the Baptist
Pray for us
Saint Joseph
Pray for us
Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Pray for us
Saint Andrew
Pray for us
Saint John
Pray for us
Saint Mary Magdalene
Pray for us
Saint Stephen
Pray for us
Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Pray for us
Saint Lawrence
Pray for us
Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicity
Pray for us
Saint Agnes
Pray for us
Saint Gregory
Pray for us
Saint Augustine
Pray for us
Saint Basil
Pray for us
Saint Martin
Pray for us
Saint Benedict
Pray for us
Saint Francis and Saint Dominic
Pray for us
Saint Francis Xavier
Pray for us
Saint John Vianney
Pray for us
Saint Catherine of Siena
Pray for us
Saint Teresa of Jesus
Pray for us
All holy men and women, Saints of God
Pray for us
Lord, be merciful
Lord, deliver us, we pray
From all evil
Lord, deliver us, we pray
From every sin
Lord, deliver us, we pray
From everlasting death
Lord, deliver us, we pray
By your intercession
Lord, deliver us, we pray
By your Death and Resurrection
Lord, deliver us, we pray
By the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
Lord, deliver us, we pray
Be merciful to us sinners
Lord we ask you, hear our prayer.
One can also say No to the offer of grace. Grace, nevertheless, is not something external or foreign to man; it is what he actually yearns for in his deepest freedom. In moving us by his grace, God anticipates man’s free response.
YouCat 340
God’s grace is freely bestowed on a person, and it seeks and summons him to respond in complete freedom. Grace does not compel. God’s love wants our free assent.
[CCC 2001-2002, 2022]
Grace is infused in us from above and cannot be explained in terms of natural causes (supernatural grace).
It makes us - especially through Baptism - children of God and heirs of heaven (sanctifying or deifying grace).
It bestows on us a permanent disposition to do good (habitual grace).
Grace helps us to know, to will, and to do everything that leads us to what is good, to God, and to heaven (actual grace).
Grace comes about in a special way in the sacraments, which according to the will of our Saviour are the preeminent places for our encounter with God (sacramental grace).
Grace is manifested also in special gifts of grace that are granted to individual Christians or in special powers that are promised to those in the state of marriage, the ordained state, or the religious state (graces of state).
- YouCat 339
God’s grace brings us into the inner life of the Holy Trinity, into the exchange of love between Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It makes us capable of living in God’s love and of acting on the basis of this love.
[CCC 1999-2000, 2003-2004, 2023-2024]
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
St. Augustine (via YouCat, p186)
Ephesians 2: 8-9
Pope Benedict XVI (via YouCat, 338)
